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iron ore en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.
   • Paotow owes its chief prosperity to the coalfields of Shensi and Shansi, to iron ore at Paiyun-opo, ninety miles north towards the Gobi, together with the rail links eastwards to Peking and Manchuria. 1966, Proceedings - Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch, volumes 67-72, →OCLC, page 66:

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Deriveds

bean iron ore

Hypernyms

ore

Translations (36)

nn jernmalm (ore containing iron) · uk залізна руда́ (ore containing iron) · mn төмрийн хүдэр (ore containing iron) · nn jarnmalm (ore containing iron) · ja 鉄鉱石 (ore containing iron) · tr demir cevheri (ore containing iron) · cmn 鐵礦 /铁矿 (ore containing iron) · ga amhiarann (ore containing iron) · fa سنگ آهن (ore containing iron) · nv tsé ndaaz (ore containing iron) · bg желязна руда (ore containing iron) · nv chííh dootłʼizh (ore containing iron) · ar خَام اَلْحَدِيد (ore containing iron) · nb jernmalm (ore containing iron) · eo ferŝtono (ore containing iron) · ga iarnmhian (ore containing iron) · da jernmalm (ore containing iron) · li iezerèrs (ore containing iron) · ru желе́зная руда́ (ore containing iron) · fi rautamalmi (ore containing iron) · pl ruda żelaza (ore containing iron) · cs železná ruda (ore containing iron) · nl ijzererts (ore containing iron) · fr minerai de fer (ore containing iron) · pt minério de ferro (ore containing iron) · es mineral de hierro (ore containing iron) · it minerale ferroso (ore containing iron) · ko 철광석 (ore containing iron) · cmn 鐵礦石 /铁矿石 (ore containing iron) · sv järnmalm (ore containing iron) · de Eisenerz (ore containing iron) · mn ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠦᠳᠡᠷ (ore containing iron) · ja 鉄鉱 (ore containing iron) · io fer-erco (ore containing iron) · sip ལྕགས་ཏེར (ore containing iron) · eo fererco (ore containing iron)